A Therapist's Garden

<p><strong><u>2022 Discovery Award Winner - Home & Garden</u></strong></p><p><strong>Spending a year in the gardens with Erik Keller is illuminating and inspiring. <em>A Therapist's Garden</em> is the balm we need in troubling times. -Florence Williams author of <em>The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier Healthier and More Creative</em></strong></p><p>The Zen of mixing mud with seniors; crafting surprising salads out of weeds; and a hidden rabbit bringing joy to girls in a juvenile detention center. These are a few of the nearly 100 stories that Erik Keller takes readers on through a journey of how interacting with plants and nature can help heal mental emotional and physical trauma. Through the lens of January to December in a New England landscape discover how horticultural therapy improves the lives of those in pain including special-needs children cancer patients and disabled seniors.</p><p>Though <em>A Therapist's Garden</em> primarily deals with the emotional and physical benefits of nature-based interactions it also provides an array of practical gardening advice and tips through client stories as well as monthly outings and crafts that will surprise and delight readers.</p>